Erika Bornman
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@EBee40
Award-winning author of Mission of Malice. Whistleblower, storyteller and child-safety advocate. Also, sacred cows make the best burgers. #igotout
I don't want to be one of those people who wastes their time criticizing "hypocrisy" in foreign policy, but holy fucking shit, dude. Jesus Christ. My God. I will never, ever express sympathy for Israelis. Ever. Under any circumstances. To do so would be irresponsible, because Israel always weaponizes sympathy and then uses that weapon to commit mass atrocities. If the world gives Israel sympathy for civilians injured by an Iranian airstrike over the weekend in a war Israel started, by Friday they'll be using that sympathy to justify nuking Tehran. I don't enjoy holding this position. It goes against every natural human impulse inside me. But Israel, by its nature, has made it the only responsible position to hold. History has clearly established that the world was wrong to give Israel sympathy for October 7. The correct and moral thing to have done would have been for everyone to say "That's what you get for being a murderous apartheid state," and then sanction Israel into the Stone Age until they dismantled their abusive ethnonationalist regime. That would have been the right position for the world to take. And that's how we need to be with Israel going forward. No sympathy. No support. We've got to treat them the same way you'd treat a malignant narcissist who solicits sympathy and then weaponizes it at every opportunity. To do otherwise would be irresponsible. It's just not safe.
There’s something supremely saddening and enraging about seeing a hospital running on bare minimum power. Thinking about dialysis patients, babies in NICU, and others tonight in Cuba. This is a blockade of death.
Benjamin Netanyahu says he is saddened to hear the news of the passing of his close friend, Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris made a campaign video in 2015 endorsing Netanyahu, describing him as crucial to Israel’s safety. Norris’s ties to Israel began in the 1980s when he filmed three movies there, including one in which his character investigates the murder of a rabbi. These projects were often backed by Israeli production companies like Globus-Golan.
@EBee40 Being a victim does not give you a moral high ground. I'm sorry you went through what you went through, but it doesn't give you exclusivity to hypocrisy.
Beyond the church, the KwaSizabantu Mission in KZN is a massive economic engine and a primary employer in Kranskop. 🇿🇦 Key Church-Owned Businesses: 💧 aQuellé: Leading bottled water & drinks 🌶️🥑🍅🍇🍓 Emseni Farming: Major hydroponic & avocado estates 🥛 Bonlé: Dairy, milk, and yogurt 📻 Radio Khwezi: Community broadcasting 🛒 Saverite: Supermarket & bakery 🎓 Education: Domino Servite & Cedar Academy A self-sustaining hub where enterprise meets ministry. 📈✨
@EBee40 You are on X a platform owned by a supporter of Israel and genocide. Yet waving a Palestinian flag. You use Google and Microsoft. Where is the line? Are you going with the lesser of all evils?How do you determine that? ❌️ to Aquelle, but ✅️ Israel money & products?
Helen Zille🗣 "Land is not a source of wealth"
